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Family Members' Retrospective Perceptions of Intrafamilial Relationships

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Parents and daughters in 21 families of women with borderline personality disorder (BPD), 23 women with restricting anorexia nervosa (AN), and 25 women without clinical histories (NC) responded to the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and the Beavers Self-Report Family Inventory (SFI). On the PBI, BPD daughters' perceptions differed from both their parents' whereas AN daughters' perceptions differed from their mothers'. On the SFI, both groups reported less family health than their parents. On both instruments, nonclinical daughters' perceptions were congruent with the parents'. These findings have implications for researchers and therapists for integrating and utilizing the varying perceptions of family members.

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  1. McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital Pavilion, Canad

    Herta A. Guttman

  2. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada

    Herta A. Guttman & Lise Laporte

  3. Allan Memorial Institute, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1

    Herta A. Guttman

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Guttman, H.A., Laporte, L. Family Members' Retrospective Perceptions of Intrafamilial Relationships. Contemporary Family Therapy 24, 505–521 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019871417951

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